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• self-portraiture • identity • alter ego • reflection • transformation •

The self-portrait has long offered artists a means of exploring identity, experimenting with representation, and recording their presence in the world. In photography, the artist becomes both observer and observed, shaping an image that may reveal, conceal, question, or reinvent the self.

Praxis Gallery seeks photographic art that explores the artist as subject. From direct studies of the face and body to reflections, shadows, staged encounters, and assumed identities, this exhibition considers the many ways photographers turn the camera toward themselves. The artist may appear within the frame or be evoked through objects, environments, and traces of their presence. We welcome diverse interpretations of self-portraiture that explore how an image can express, suggest, or complicate our understanding of the person who made it.

Closes Nov 15

5 Entries: $35.00 USDEach 1 Additional Entries: $5.00 USD · (Maximum of 10)
The built environment is everywhere—from monumental icons to ordinary spaces—but how we see and interpret it transforms structure into art. Architecture is not only construction; it is form, light, rhythm, and cultural memory.

Praxis Gallery seeks photographic art that explores architecture as a subject of perception and imagination. We invite work that moves beyond simple documentation—images that reveal design, geometry, scale, atmosphere, and the dialogue between structure and space. Submissions may include interiors, exteriors, urban or rural settings, historical sites, or contemporary forms, so long as the focus is on how architecture is visually or conceptually realized.

Closes Nov 22

5 Entries: $35.00 USDEach 1 Additional Entries: $5.00 USD · (Maximum of 10)

Join us on the third Saturday of each month, 6–8 PM, for our opening reception. Meet exhibiting artists and members of the photographic community, enjoy refreshments, and experience new photography in person.

Praxis is a nonprofit arts organization in Minneapolis presenting international photography exhibitions, workshops, artist talks, and community events.

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